A Day Well Spent

 July 10, 2021

Yay. It’s TGIS once again.

Thank God it’s Saturday. Time for rest and leisure.

Me and my kids planned for a road trip to the north of Cebu, particularly, the town of Carmen, 6 towns away from our place, just to get away from staying at home for a while.

Thanks God the rain has stopped this morning when we woke up. It was pouring hard last night.

This is our skies for today.

We first drop by my sister’s house to pick up Mom. At her age of 79 years, road trips are her only form of leisure. She so loved road trips.

When we arrived at my sister’s house, my niece and nephew were also getting ready as they want to come with us. The more the merrier.

My son, Zander takes the back seat every time we had trips like this but if mom is with us, he always sits beside mom, which is at the middle of the car. I am really thankful that my son cares for his grandmother. He assisted her in getting in and out of the car. My mom is so slow with her movements but Zander is so patient with her.

Once every one was seated inside the car, we then proceed to Carmen, a two hours drive from our place. But because of the traffic, it took us almost three hours to reach our destination, the Balwarte ni Vossing. We were planning to have our lunch there.

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Food is not part of those that are being cut. This is a family who loves to eat and sometimes we look for new places to enjoy the food. We usually look for a place where there will be lesser people.

Balwarte ni Vossing is quite far and we thought that this might be a nice place to try. We have to go up the mountain, but luckily the road was paved and it is not a difficult climb to the top.

The restaurant was very small, a two container van converted into a restaurant. But they make use of the surrounding nature for their dining tables. It was a cool way to dine.

I think it will be romantic at night when the lights are on.

True enough, we were the only patrons there when we arrived. We ordered spicy chicken wings, spring rolls, pancit and pochero for the soup. The food was delicious, especially the pochero.

After enjoying lunch and a few picture taking we left the place to proceed to the next town. It was timely as many patrons have arrived already.

We proceeded to the next town to buy OTAP. They have the best Otap in Cebu.

Otap is an oval shaped puff pastry cookie.

Their otap is soft but crunchy and melts in the mouth. I bought plenty, enough for a few days snacking.

We then start our way home.

At the car, Korean and Cebuano songs were being played. The kids joined in the singing. It was a bonding moment with the cousins. My mom was just looking around, her favourite pastime.

We stop by again at my sister’s place to drop Mom, niece and nephew and we continued on to the city. I have to buy some yarns needed for the new ordered customized dress.

This time the kids were already tired and were sleepy.

We arrived home past five in the afternoon and all went straight to their rooms to sleep.

What a day!

What about you? How was your day? Comment down below.

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